UFO Sightings in Arizona
4,660 UFO sightings reported in Arizona since 1946, peaking in 2014 (302 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 4,660
- Span
- 1946–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (302 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1946–2022 · peak 2014 (302 reports)
Top cities in Arizona
Phoenix
1959–2022 · peak 1997 (46 reports)
Tucson
1960–2022 · peak 2014 (36 reports)
Mesa
1978–2022 · peak 2015 (20 reports)
Scottsdale
1969–2022 · peak 2014 (15 reports)
Chandler
1995–2021 · peak 2000 (21 reports)
Gilbert
1995–2021 · peak 2000 (40 reports)
Tempe
1968–2022 · peak 2015 (10 reports)
Glendale
1966–2022 · peak 2015 (11 reports)
Sedona
1989–2021 · peak 2011 (7 reports)
Lake Havasu City
1968–2022 · peak 2011 (11 reports)
Surprise
1998–2021 · peak 2012 (10 reports)
Peoria
1985–2022 · peak 2013 (9 reports)
Yuma
1982–2022 · peak 2010 (7 reports)
Maricopa
1975–2020 · peak 2014 (12 reports)
Buckeye
1997–2022 · peak 2015 (9 reports)
Flagstaff
1966–2021 · peak 1999 (7 reports)
Prescott Valley
1995–2020 · peak 2000 (14 reports)
Kingman
1953–2021 · peak 2016 (7 reports)
Apache Junction
1986–2022 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Prescott
1993–2021 · peak 1997 (6 reports)
Sierra Vista/Ft. Huachuca · AZ, USA
Wedge over Southern Arizona in 1981 blacks out sky
Flagstaff · AZ, USA
the craft was cigar shaped looking kind of like a large blimp, was at night, white looking, with veins of some sort on the outside of t
Second Mesa · AZ, USA
Saucer Observed at Hopi Reservation in AZ
Pima (north of; on Indian reservation) · AZ, USA
Bright object in the sky in remote arizona mountains.
Maricopa · AZ, USA
August 1980 HUGE, silent, boomerang craft in rural desert area south of Phoenix.
Tucson · AZ, USA
a bunch of us were outside building a gazebo & working on the garden when i was on the roof of the gazebo taking a break... looking alm
Phoenix/San Diego (I-10) · AZ, USA
Occurred : 5/19/2005 10:35 (Entered as : 05/19/1905 10:35) Reported: 5/20/2005 1:37:11 AM 01:37 Posted: 5/24/2005 Location: Phoenix (90
Bisbee · AZ, USA
Large, nearby, stationary, metallic, featureless oblate spheroid in full daylight, chased by jet fighter in Az in 1980
Wickenburg · AZ, USA
Hi, I reported seeing an object back in the late 70s to another site. I was struck by the similarities in the description, and the tim
Wickenburg (near) · AZ, USA
Orange ball bouncing up and down, side to side. Changed to green and a few other colors.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
20+ ft diameter clear crystalline sphere traveling slowly and silently a few hundred ft above and parallel to ground
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Mother and two children recall ufo experience
Pichacho Peak · AZ, USA
oddly-shaped craft suspended between sides of the saddle-back mountain, Picacho Peak, AZ
Mesa · AZ, USA
Events throughout my life
Alpine · AZ, USA
DURING A HUNTING TRIP IN THE MOUNTAINS,WE MADE CAMP AND LATE THAT NIGHT I SAW THE FOLLOWING. A BRIGHT LIGHT THAT CAME FROM THE SOUTHEAS
Phoenix · AZ, USA
((NUFORC Note: Source of report provides no information. PD))
Phoenix · AZ, USA
In Aug. 1978 I awoke around midnight standing in front of my open window in by bedroom. There was a bright flash and I saw a creature.
Black Hills · AZ, USA
HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: Three blue lights come together and shoot up.
Arizona (NE part)/New Mexico?? · AZ, USA
Flying @ 30,000 onboard comm. jet from LAX to San Antonio, TX. 1 or several craft were maneuvering above an electrical storm.
Douglas · AZ, USA
Very large object moving silently through low clouds. (Late 1970's.)
Mesa · AZ, USA
Huge silver cigar shaped craft glides low and slow over a populated suburban area in Mesa Az followed closely by a military fighter air
Arizona (about 3 hours from · on I-15), AZ, USA
I saw 3 very bright crafts, a big one in the middle, and 2 smaller ones on either side, hovering then moving fast, back and forth
Phoenix · AZ, USA
2 large silver craft, rotating above us. Changed shape rapidly, and disapered into the darkness in a burst of light.
Lake Havasu · AZ, USA
Triangular UFO with following craft - Lake Havasu, AZ
Childs (near the Verde Hot Springs) · AZ, USA
I have been trying to get more info for you on this siting.It was reported in the Verde Independent newspaper in Cottonwood,Az.,but the